Posts About "Braden Holtby"
Caps' Copley Inheriting High-Pressure Job
August 31st, 2018 The Washington Capitals' opening night roster won't look much different than the one that won the Cup in June. One position that is slated for a changing of the guard, however, is backup goalie. Prior to the draft, the Capitals dealt Philipp Grubauer to the Colorado Avalanche, creating a vacancy to be the understudy of former Vezina...
Braden Holtby & the Making of a Champion
June 16th, 2018 Early April 2012. The Capitals are a victory away from clinching a playoff berth. However, things fall flat when Marco Sturm lands awkwardly on Michal Neuvirth's pad, injuring Washington's starter. Both he and Tomas Vokoun are out heading into the playoffs, leaving a baby-faced Braden Holtby as their starter. He was 22 at the time, no...
Goalie Workloads and the Stanley Cup
June 12th, 2018 The recent Stanley Cup Final featured a goalie matchup between Braden Holtby of the Washington Capitals and Marc-Andre Fleury of the Vegas Golden Knights. And while many statistics were used to favor one goalie or the other, a surprising statistic favored both. It turns out, Stanley Cup winning goalies aren’t the regular season's...
44 Years Later, Capitals Hoist the Cup
June 8th, 2018 It was the moment Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin had been waiting 13 years for. He hadn't stopped screaming since the final horn sounded to end Game 5; his excitement continued to spill over as he accepted the Conn Smythe. But the true moment didn't hit for him, the team or for the thousands fans watching from outside Capital...
Ovechkin's Enthusiasm & Play Rallies Caps
June 4th, 2018 As the Washington Capitals and Vegas Golden Knights go at it in the Stanley Cup Final, Alex Ovechkin is taking in his first Final appearance with great intensity, both on and off the ice. From his celebrations on the bench for his teammates' goals to Braden Holtby's Game 2 save, Ovechkin has been animated through these playoffs, and...
Holtby Making Case for Conn Smythe
June 4th, 2018 Braden Holtby really struggled during the 2017-18 regular season and put up the worst numbers of his eight-year career with the Capitals. He posted a goals-against average (GAA) of 2.99 and a .907 save percentage (SV%), and failed to win more than 35 games for the first time since the 2013-14 season. As the season went on, head coach...
